Do the dates of any Jewish feasts or holy days in the future fit into your hypothesis that the European Neighbourhood Policy is the seven-year agreement of Daniel 9:27?

Ted's Response:

Yes. For one thing, I have believed, for many years, that Jesus will return on a Yom Kippur, on the last day of the 70th Week. There are several reasons why I believe Jesus will return on a Yom Kippur.

One reason is that this is the day the Great Trumpet will sound (Isaiah 27:13), which is when the Lord will appear (Zechariah 9:14). Another reason is that this day also is called Yom haPeduth, which means "Day of Redemption," so it makes sense that the Redeemer would come on this day:

"The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins," declares the LORD. (Isaiah 59:20)

Evidently, it is in the middle of the 70th Week that the abomination that causes desolation will be set up (in the Third Temple in Jerusalem):

He will confirm a covenant with many for one "seven." In the middle of the "seven" he will put an and to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. (Daniel 9:27)

The ENP was funded on October 17, and it was established on October 24, 2006. During that week, October 22 was a new moon. New moons seemed significant to God as the beginning of certain time periods in the Bible (1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 8:13, 31:3; Ezra 3:5; Psalm 81:3; Isaiah 66:23). A good example is Rosh Chodesh: the first day of any Jewish month.

So I began my count with October 22, 2006. Also, I made the logical assumption that the first half of the 70th Week would be the same length (1,260 days) as the second half. With October 22, 2006 as day #1, then day #1,260 is April 3, 2010. Accordingly, April 4, 2010 is the first day of the next 1,260-day period: the final half of my presumed 70th Week.

Interestingly, April 4, 2010 is the Feast of Firstfruits on the Hebrew calendar, and it is Resurrection Day (Easter Sunday) on the Christian calendar. It takes place during Passover week 2010, with March 30, 2010, being the actual date of Passover (see If the European Neighbourhood Policy is the Daniel 9:27 covenant, is there anything significant on the Jewish calendar, 3˝ years later, that could be a time when sacrifices and offerings could be made to cease in the Jewish temple?). Hypothetically speaking, since the weekend of April 3 & 4, 2010, is at the middle of my proposed 70th Week period, then the "abomination that causes desolation" could be set up in the temple, whether partially or fully built, in Jerusalem on April 3 or April 4, 2010.

Next, let's consider April 4, 2010 to be day #1 of the second half of the 70th Week. Then day #1,260 is September 14, 2013. Looking at the Calendar of Jewish Holy Days 2006–2014, we see that September 14, 2013, happens to be Yom Kippur of that year. So far, everything fits into my time count. Furthermore, if Jesus' feet will stand on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4) on Yom Kippur of 2013, then less than a week thereafter, during Sukkot (also known as the Feast of Tabernacles), beginning September 19, 2013, representatives from the nations will come to worship the King, Jesus, in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:16-19)

Now, let's look at an important prophecy that includes two specific time periods:

From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days. (Daniel 12:11,12)

However, let's look at the second time period of 1,335 days, included in Daniel 12:12. It is assumed that Jesus will return on the 1,260th day following the midpoint of the 70th Week. Therefore, we are looking at the 75th day after the day of Jesus' second advent (bodily descent) to earth:

Beginning with Yom Kippur—September 14, 2013—and adding 75 days, we come to November 28, 2013. This is the first day of the eight days of Hanukkah, which can be verified on the Calendar of Jewish Holy Days 2006–2014. Each year, 75 days after Yom Kippur is the first or the second day of Hanukkah.

Soon after Jesus' return, I believe that He (and, perhaps, others with Him) will construct the millennial Temple (Zechariah 6:12,13,15), described in Ezekiel 40:5–43:27. Thus, it would seem logical for that brand new Temple to be consecrated and dedicated during Hanukkah, just as the second temple in ancient Israel was consecrated and dedicated during Hanukkah: the Feast of Dedication, also known as the Festival of Lights.

I never have seen a more plausible explanation for the 1,335 days in Daniel 12:12 than this. It all seems to fit perfectly. Of course, this does not prove anything—just as the fact that the European Neighbourhood Policy is a seven-year agreement, involving Israel and confirming/strengthening a prior covenant, EuroMed, does not prove that it is the prophesied seven-year agreement of Daniel 9:27. Yet, I have found not one piece of "circumstantial evidence," so far, that does not fit exactly into this hypothesis.